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chivyverbor chivvy to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitationa boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing bother, bug, disturb, intrude (upon), pester inconvenience, troubleaggravate, annoy, bedevil, chafe, devil, dog, dun, exasperate, fret, gall, get, gnaw, grate, hassle, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, torment, vex, worrybeleaguer, beset, besiegedistress, plagueafflict, harass, provokeanger, antagonize, enrage, incense, inflame(also enflame), infuriate, madden, outrageagitate, perturbbutt in, cut in (on), obtrudeencroach, infringe, invade, trespass disregard, forget, ignore, leave, slightappease, conciliate, disarm, mollify, oblige, placatedelight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfycomfort, console, content bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down.bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim.baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy.badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker.drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering.football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging.chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing.hounded by creditors in 1918 |